| Autor: |
Burcu Saka, Aslı Ünlü Akhan, Cengiz Erol, Ayşe İstanbullu Tosun, Gökhan Ertuğrul |
| Jazyk: |
English<br />Turkish |
| Rok vydání: |
2020 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Türkiye Parazitoloji Dergisi, Vol 44, Iss 3, Pp 179-181 (2020) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2146-3077 |
| DOI: |
10.4274/tpd.galenos.2020.6764 |
| Popis: |
Alveolar echinococcosis is an infectious disease caused by Echinococcus multilocularis and it is frequently diagnosed as a space-occupying lesion in the liver. The growth pattern may be similar to that of a malignant tumour with extensive liver infiltration, spreading into neighbouring organs and forming metastasis-like masses in distant organs. Thus, it is one of the differential diagnoses of liver cancer. We report a case that presented as a klatskin tumour clinically and radiologically, but was revealed by pathologic and serologic work-up. Since the courses of these two diseases, a malignancy and an infectious disease, are far beyond comparison, echinococcosis should always be considered in differential diagnosis of obstructive jaundice, especially in the endemic regions. |
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